IL117571A

IL117571A - Attaching device for a flushing cistern

Info

Publication number: IL117571A
Application number: IL11757196A
Authority: IL
Original assignee: Friatec Keramik Kunststoff
Priority date: 1995-03-23
Filing date: 1996-03-20
Publication date: 1998-12-06
Also published as: HRP960135A2; NO961184L; CZ79596A3; DE59600493D1; SI0733750T1; SK37596A3; ES2120256T3; PL179301B1; EP0733750A1; DK0733750T3; DE19510228A1; YU16496A; CZ291867B6; ATE170584T1; PL313470A1; EP0733750B1; HRP960135B1; IL117571A0; NO961184D0

Abstract

The connector device comprises a hollow tubular section (20), which is connected to the outlet aperture of the cistern. The other end of the section extends to a connection aperture (22) in the front of the connector. The cistern is fastened to the top end of a box-shaped connector body (4). The cistern and connector form an integral unit. The connector has two fasteners (16) for connection to the toilet bowl.

Description

ATTACHING DEVICE OF A FLUSHING CISTERN Attaching device of a flushing cistern The invention relates to an attaching device of a flushing cistern and a bowl, especially a toilet bowl or a bidet according to the features claimed in the preamble of claim 1.

The German Utility Pattern DE 89 02 318 Ul discloses such aiattaching device in the form of a frame to be mounted vertically. This frame comprises horizontal and vertical beams or profiles which are interconnected by means of screws or the like. Manufacturing these frames entails quite substantial expenses, as the profile pieces have to be cut to length and must be joined to one another piece by piece. The frame is mounted on the floor by means of legs, on the one hand, and attached to the wall of the building with the aid of angle profiles, on the other. Mounting elements for the toilet bowl are arranged on a crossbar of the frame in the form of threaded bolts. In the upper part of the frame the flushing cistern is provided, the mounting and connection of which with the frame require additional measures. The known device is designed as a wall-facing mounting system and requires on the one hand special measures for the attaching of the flushing cistern and, on the other, for the mounting of the above-mentioned toilet bowl. In addition, there is need for special connecting elements, pipe elbows and fastening components, all causing significant manufacturing and mounting expenses. For flushing cisterns of different sizes and/or designs, special fasteners, pipe connectors and other mounting components are required, entailing not inconsiderable manufacturing and stock-keeping expenses.

Furthermore, the German Patent DE 36 01 171 C2 discloses a flushing cistern which, at its underside, is provided with a attaching device for direct attachment to a toilet bowl. The bottom of the flushing cistern comprises anchoring slots for anchoring bridges inserted into, and axially slidable in, these slots. Each anchoring bridge contains a slit extending across the direction of sliding, through which slit passes a bolt for attachment to the edge of the toilet bowl. The latter is in a known manner attached to a room wall or to a wall-facing mounting system, and the surface flushing cistern is directly connected to the edge of the toilet bowl. This attaching device is not immediately suitable for concealed mounting.

Proceeding from this, it is one object of the invention to further develop an attaching device of the above-mentioned kind in such a way that a problem-less and functionally reliable mounting of the flushing cistern as well as of the toilet bowl is achievable at low manufacturing expenses. An attaching and mounting system should be created with which, according to requirements, flushing cisterns of different designs and attaching devices of different designs can be combined at will. Furthermore, attaching and mounting of sanitary elements should be simplified, while using standardized components.

This object is achieved in accordance with the characterizing features of claim 1.

The proposed attaching device of the flushing cistern and the sanitary element or the bowl is distinguished by a functional design and facilitates a simple installation of the flushing cistern as well as of the sanitary element. The flushing cistern preferably comprises at its underside a box-like connecting body for the bowl, in particular a toilet bowl, a bidet or a urinal. In a mounting body there are arranged fastening elements, preferably in the shape of threaded bolts to which, in a known manner, the sanitary element can be attached. As the bowls, in the following called sanitary elements, have, as is known, differing distances for such bolts, the mounting body comprises a number of recesses, preferably designed as holes and, in a suitable manner, arranged for differing hole distances of the bowls or the sanitary elements. The mounting body, substantially in the form of a metal or plastics plate, as well as the build-up unit are integrated with the flushing cistern, quite regardless of the actual design of the flushing cistern, which has to allow for differing sizes or capacities, as well as the type of actuation, either from above or from the front.

The common connecting body, preferably designed as a hollow body, serves for attaching both the flushing cistern and the sanitary element. As against known designs, the sanitary element is thus not directly attached to a room wall, a frame or a wall-facing mounting system, but only indirectly via the common connecting body. By means of a mounting fixture, possibly designed as an angle bracket, a wall-facing mounting system, a frame or the like, the connecting body is attached to a wall or to the floor of a building, According to the invention, the object is a concealed flushing cistern which together with the connecting body, is built into a wall-facing mounting system, a frame or the like, or is directly attached to a room wall.

At its front surface, the connecting body has a connecting socket for a pipe, through which, after initiation of the flushing process, the flushing water can flow into the sanitary element via a connected pipe component. Advantageously, the flushing cistern is provided with a build-up unit, in the following also referred to as apron, in which the mounting body is incorporated, and which is preferably provided with the above-mentioned connecting socket. The build-up unit comprises furthermore a bent pipe component, one end of which leads to the connecting socket, the other end being connected with the outflow opening of the integrated flushing cistern. In a special design, the bent pipe component which serves for connection of the flushing cistern with the sanitary element or the bowl, is integral with the connecting body and/or the build-up unit. It is thus possible to manufacture together with the above pipe component, the build-up unit and, if required, also the entire connecting body with the integrated mounting body, thereby substantially reducing manufacturing as well as mounting costs. The mounting body furthermore comprises a supporting bracket for a pipe clamp for the attachment of a drain pipe connected with the sanitary element, through which, during flushing, the water from the sanitary element can be led into the drain.

Further development and particular details of the invention are specified in the subclaims and the following description.

The invention will be described in further detail with the aid of embodiments represented in the drawings, in which Fig. 1 is a perspective drawing of a first embodiment of the connecting body and the flushing cistern for actuation from above; Fig. 2 is a second embodiment with a flushing cistern for frontal and with a higher build-up unit; 3 is a schematic representation of the flushing cistern with connecting body on a mounting system, and 4, 5, 6 show further embodiments of the mounting system.

Fig. 1, in a perspective representation, shows a flushing cistern 2 which is arranged on top of a connecting body 4 and is connected to same. The connecting body 4 has substantially the same width 6 and/or depth 8 as the flushing cistern 2. The flushing cistern 2 and the connecting body 4 are a complete, prefabricated building unit and are preferably factory-connected with one another. The height 10 is determined by requirements, in order to take into account differing mounting situations. The flushing cistern 2 and the connecting body 4 designed as apron are separately manufactured building groups produced in differing variants and, according to requirements, combined and connected with each other. It is thus readily possible to combine flushing cisterns of differing capacities with connecting bodies of identical designs. Corresponding to the capacities determined by the demands, the flushing cisterns are of differing heights, but are designed to match the connecting bodies for adaptation and connection. This modular system helps to achieve substantial manufacturing advantages. The outer contours as well as the form of the visible surfaces of the flushing cistern 2 and the connecting body 4 are matched to one another, and the flushing cistern 2 and the connecting body 4 constitute a compact, prefabricated building unit ensuring rapid and unproblematic mounting and installation.

The sanitary element, in particular a toilet bowl, a bidet or a urinal, is in a suitable manner directly attached to the front surface of the connecting body 4. At its underside, the connecting body 4 is preferably provided with a mounting body 12 having recesses 14 for fastening elements 16 of the sanitary element. The mounting body 12 is preferably designed as a plate and is arranged at the underside of the connecting body 4. In a known manner, two fastening elements 16 are provided which are preferably designed as threaded bolts and serve for the mounting of the sanitary element. The mounting body 12 shows several of the above recesses 14 with differing center distances corresponding to those of the different sanitary elements intended for attachment. The mounting body 12 is essentially designed as a plate and, advantageously, is made of metal or of one of the plastic materials of comparably high mechanical strength. According to the invention, the bowl or the sanitary element is arranged at the front surface of the connecting body 4, while the flushing cistern is connected with the upper side of the connecting body 4. The connecting body 4 has substantially the same width and the same depth as the flushing cistern and, as provided by the invention, is designed as an extension of the flushing cistern 2, forming with the latter a completely prefabricated mounting and building unit. Mounting consists of merely attaching the connecting body 4 to a room wall, a wall-facing mounting system or the like, automatically and simultaneously also resulting in the attaching of the flushing cistern 2, thereby substantially reducing mounting costs at the site.

The box-like connecting body 4 further comprises a build-up unit 18 which is fixedly connected with the mounting body 12, forming with the latter a building group. The build-up unit 18 is designed as a hollow body and, with its substantially vertical outer walls, constitutes a continuation, in the downward direction, of the outer contours of the flushing cistern 2. The build-up unit 18, as well as the flushing cistern 2 are preferably made of a plastic material so that, in the assembled state, the flushing cistern 2 and the connecting body 4 have a uniform, compact aspect. In the interior of the hollow connecting body 4 and/or the build-up unit 18, there is provided a pipe component 20 which is liquid-tightly attached to the lower outlet opening of the flushing cistern 2. The pipe component 20 is an elbow piece and leads into a connecting socket 22 in the front surface of the connecting body 4 or the build-up unit 18. In a special design, the pipe component 20 is integral with the build-up unit 18 and produced in the same process step. The connecting socket 22 is arranged in the vertical front surface 24 of the apron or the connecting body 4 and facilitates, under interposition of a short pipe piece 26 and along the shortest way, the connection to the sanitary element not shown. In a special design, the connecting body 4 is designed with its back side open and has thus only the front surface 24 and two lateral surfaces, of which here only the lateral surface 28 can be seen. With the rearwards open design of the outflow opening of the connecting body 4, assembly with the flushing cistern 2 is as readily accomplished as the connection of the elbow piece 20 and the connection of the complete building group: flushing cistern/ connecting body 4, in one mounting stage.

At its lower side, the flushing cistern 2 comprises connecting elements 29, here indicated by dash-dotted lines, in the form of flanges, eyes, detent elements or the like. Corresponding with the connecting elements 29, the connecting body 4, in its upper region, comprises connecting elements 30, shaped as flanges, eyes, detent elements or the like, respectively. If the above connecting elements 29, 30 are designed, e.g., as eyes, and if the eyes disposed one above the other are in alignment, it is possible to lead e.g., screws through these eyes, to connect the flushing cistern with the connecting body. Regardless of the actual design of the connecting parts, the invention envisages the flushing cistern 2 and the connecting body 4 to be factory-connected to form a complete building unit, so that during mounting at the site, no additional measures are required in this respect. The connecting elements 29, 30 are advantageously located within the outer contours of the flushing cistern 2 and the connecting body 4, which are of substantially matching widths 6 and depths 8.

The flushing cistern 2 is provided on both of its lateral surfaces with mounting locations 31, preferably designed as vertically arranged T-slots. It was seen to be practical to provide two such mounting locations or slots 31 , to be prepared for differing mounting conditions. According to mounting conditions, a bolt or screw or the like is vertically slidably anchored in at least one of theses mounting locations 31 , connection to a building wall or the like being effected via, e.g., an angle piece 34. As can be seen, by providing the angle piece 34 with elongated holes and by the vertical orientation of the slots 31, in which the bolts 32 are vertically slidable, the alignment and mounting of the flushing cistern 2 requires only simple manipulations. On the other side, i.e., according to Fig. 1 on the right, and corresponding to the above explanations, at least one mounting location 31 is provided, advantageously two such mounting locations 31.

The prefabricated building group consisting of the flushing cistern 2 and the connecting body 4 is attached to a mounting fixture 36 which, in this embodiment, is designed as an angle bracket. The mounting fixture and/or angle bracket 36 is provided with a horizontal carrier 38 and with at least one, still better two, vertically arranged flanges 40, 41. As shown, the flanges 40, 41 are attached to a building wall or the like by means of screws. Subsequently, the connecting body 4 together with the flushing cistern 2 is mounted on the carrier 38 and is tied down by means of screws as indicated by dash-dotted lines 42, after which attachment is completed via the upper mounting locations 30. Now, the sanitary element is fastened by means of the fastening element or bolts 16. For the flushing cistern 2, on the one hand, and the sanitary element , on the other, there is thus no need for differing mounting work and/or connecting means, with the connecting body 4 according to the invention fulfilling in this respect a dual function.

In a special development, the connecting body 4 is provided with a supporting element 44, to which a drain pipe 48 of the sanitary element can be attached by means of a pipe clip 46. The supporting element 44 is arranged and designed in such a way that after the atachment thereto of the drain pipe 48, the axis of the latter is aligned with the outflow opening of the sanitary element. Inasmuch as no additional compensating elements, connectors or the like are required, mounting is considerably simplified. The connecting body 4 with the integral supporting element 44 for the drain pipe 48 defines the distance between the axis 50 of the drain pipe and the axis 27 of the pipe piece 26 in conformance with the corresponding connection openings of the sanitary element. There is thus no need for alignment and positioning as, furthermore, the recesses 14 of the connecting body 4, too, are matching the respective fastening holes of the sanitary element.

At its upper surface, the flushing cistern 2 is provided with an opening 52 through which the inner space of the flushing cistern 2 is accessible for the arrangement of a flushing mechanism, an inlet valve or other building elements. In a known manner, this opening 52 is closable by means of a lid 54 which is provided with actuating keys 56, 57 for the triggering and/or interruption of a flushing process. In a special variant of the invention, the lid is provided with two preferably detachable lateral members 55. According to the invention, lateral members 55 of differing designs can be combined with one and the same central part.

Fig. 2 illustrates an embodiment of a flushing cistern for actuation from the front, with the opening 52 and the lid 54 being arranged at the front surface of the flushing cistern 2. The connecting body 4, furthermore, has a height 10 which is larger than the height of the first embodiment. It is of particular importance that the mounting body 12 is identical with that of the first embodiment, with merely the build-up unit 18 being of a larger height. Due to this modular building system, manufacture is considerably simplified, as for all embodiments of the connecting body 4 always the same mounting body 12 is used, only the build-up unit 18 having to have differing heights.

In a further development of the invention, the flushing cistern 2, too, is of a modular design. For all variants, the flushing cistern comprises a flushing cistern body 60 of uniform design, as well as an upper part 62. As is seen in Fig. 2, the upper part 62 comprises the opening 52 at its front surface, while the embodiment according to Fig. 1 has a differently designed upper part, the opening of which is provided at its upper surface. Irrespective of the design of the upper part 62, the lids 54 used for all embodiment variants of the flushing cistern 2 are of an identical design, with further variation and combination possibilities provided by means of the lateral members 55.

Altogether, the modular design of the separate components of the flushing cistern 2 and the connecting body 4 has produced a modular system which, together with low-cost manufacturing and mounting, reduces the number of separate components required to a minimum. The components described, especially mounting body 12, build-up unit 18, flushing cistern body 60, upper part 62 and lid 54 including lateral members 55 are designed to match with one another, and can therefore be optionally combined.

Fig. 3 represents a development of the mounting fixture 66 which is provided instead of the previously described angle bracket for the support and mounting of the connecting body 4 with the flushing cistern 2. This mounting fixture 66 is a structure built up from vertical rails or profiles 68 and horizontal rails or profiles 70. The vertical rails or profiles 68 preferably comprise two telescopically engaging parts 72, 74 which ensure the realization of the required total vertical length of the mounting fixture 66. The latter is mountable on a floor 78 of a building and can be anchored, if need be. Advantageously, the mounting fixture including the connecting body 4 and the flushing cistern 2 are integrated into a wall-facing mounting system of which, by way of example, only two vertical profiles 80, 82 are indicated. The wall-facing system can be designed for dry or wet construction. After the mounting of the flushing cistern 2 with the connecting body 4 and the mounting fixture 66, panels or the like are arranged on the profiles 80, 82 as lining.

Figs. 4, 5 and 6 show further application and combination possibilities of the mounting fixture 66 with additional carrier elements 84, 85 or mounting elements 86. The embodiment according to Fig. 6 is preferably applied in conjunction with a bidet.

Claims

10 117,571/2 WHAT IS CLAIMED IS:

1. An attaching device for a flushing cistern and a sanitary element, characterized in that a box-like connecting body is provided, at the upper end of which the flushing cistern is arranged; that the flushing cistern and the connecting body are designed as one building unit, and that the connecting body has at least one fastening element to which said sanitary element can be attached.

2. The attaching device according to claim 1, characterized in that the flushing cistern and the box-like connecting body are at least approximately of the same width and the same depth, and/or that the connecting body arranged below the flushing cistern and connected therewith is provided with a build-up unit fitted to the flushing cistern, and a mounting body for the sanitary element.

3. The attaching device according to claim 1 or claim 2, characterized in that the connecting body is designed as a hollow body in which is arranged a pipe component connectable at one of its ends to an outflow opening of the flushing cistern and at its other end to a connecting socket arranged in the front surface of the connecting body and/or of the build-up unit.

4. The attaching device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that said mounting body is provided with at least two recesses for the fastening elements of the sanitary element and/or that the sanitary element is directly attached to the mounting body by means of said fastening elements. 1 1 117,571/2

5. The attaching device according to any one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that said flushing cistern is provided with special mounting locations arranged at its lateral surfaces for connection to a building wall.

6. The attaching device according to any one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that the connecting body, especially at the underside of the mounting body, is provided with a supporting element for a drain pipe of the sanitary element and/or that the flushing cistern and the connecting body are provided with connecting elements corresponding to one another.

7. The attaching device according to any one of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that the flushing cistern, together with the connecting body, are attachable to a mounting fixture and/or that the sanitary element is connectable to the mounting fixture via the mounting body.

8. The attaching device according to any one of claims 1 to 7, characterized that the mounting fixture is designed as an angle bracket comprising a horizontal carrier for the mounting thereon of said connecting body together with said flushing cistern, said carrier further comprising at least one vertically arranged flange for connection to a building.

9. The attaching device according to any one of claims 1 to 7, characterized in that the mounting fixture is provided with vertically and/or horizontally arranged profiles or rails, and/or that the mounting fixture is mountable on the floor of a building by means of at least one leg. 12 117,571/1

10. The attaching device according to any one of claims 1 to 9, characterized in that, in said connecting body, there is provided a pipe component for the connection of the flushing cistern with the sanitary element, and that said pipe component is integral with the build-up unit and/or the connecting body.

11. An attaching device according to claim 1, substantially as hereinbefore described and with reference to the accompanying drawings. for the Applicant: WOLFF, BREGMAN AND GOLLER